CHAPTER XXXIV

. NEW YORK.--STATISTICS.

Means of Support.--Occupation.--Treatment of Domestics.-- Needlewomen.--Weekly Earnings.--Female Labor in France.-- Competition.--Opportunity for Employment in the Country.-- Effects of Female Occupations.--Temptations of Seamstresses.-- Indiscriminate Employment of both Sexes in Shops.--Factory Life.--Business of the Fathers of Prostitutes.--Mothers' Business.--Assistance to Parents.--Death of Parents.-- Intoxication.--Drinking Habits of Prostitutes.--Delirium Tremens.--Liquor Sold in Houses of Prostitution.--Parental Influences.--Religion of Parents and Prostitutes.--Amiable Feelings.--Kindness and Fidelity to each other. 523

##